On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:17:14 GMT, "Dave Mohnsen"
wrote:

certainly wouldn't get into that
helicopter without a couple parachutes attached to me.

Actually, Dave, the MI8 has a very good flying record and is used
throughout the world by many nations. The shadows inside caused by
the whirling 5 bladed rotor were almost hypnotizing. The turbines
gave out a 3 beat rhythm that could be heard regardless what kind of
earplugs one used. I'd love to fly in it again, but without 19 other
people and their luggage. It certainly is a workhorse in Kamchatka,
but flying a Beaver or Otter would be more practical and cheaper. The
pilot was right out of a Hollywood casting office.

Dave